Features of Crohn's Disease Depending on the Age of Disease Onset by E. G. Ganich, O. B. Shchukina

“…Student's t-test was used to test the equality of means.Results. The gender distribution and the average duration of the disease were comparable in all groups. …”
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Causal Effects of Sleep Traits on Angina Pectoris: Mediation by Cardiovascular Risk Factors by Zeng C, Ke Y, Li H, Zhang C, Chen J, Chen M

“…Chuanfei Zeng,* Yujia Ke,* Huan Li, Chi Zhang, Jian Chen, Mingkai Chen Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430000, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Mingkai Chen, Email [email protected]: Angina pectoris (AP) is a major factor in heightened risk of cardiac arrest and has been previously linked to sleep patterns. …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Relation to Reproductive Health Among Young Albanian Women by Alketa Zazo, Eliona Kulluri, Enxhi Vrapi

“…CONCLUSIONS: The findings do confirm the gap between knowledge and practices and suggest the need to develop and implement sexual and reproductive health services, which integrate adequately communication and health promotion strategies. Equally important is to continually monitor and collect data to better understand the population’s needs and where to focus the efforts to be able to deliver an improved, efficient, and satisfactory sexual health service. …”
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Comparison of Learning Curves and Clinical Outcomes in Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Spinal Surgery Versus Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Surgery: A Cumulative Sum Analysi... by Yuan S, Chen R, Mei Y, Fan N, Wang T, Wang A, Du P, Xi Y, Zang L

“…Shuo Yuan,* Ruiyuan Chen,* Yuqi Mei,* Ning Fan, Tianyi Wang, Aobo Wang, Peng Du, Yu Xi, Lei Zang Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Lei Zang, Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, 5 JingYuan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100043, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-10-51718268, Email [email protected]: Endoscopic spine surgery has been widely performed to treat degenerative spinal diseases to mitigate the risks and complications associated with traditional open surgery. …”
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Model Construction of InSAR-based Rainfall Thresholds for Landslide Hazards in Yanhe Basin, Chinese Loess Plateau by WANG Zhenliang, CHEN Manyu, ZHAO Jianlin, YUAN Ke, YANG Jie, ZHANG Chen

“…When the attenuation coefficient of effective rainfall in the current period (K) was equal to 1, the correlation between the effective cumulative rainfall in nine days (the rainfall on the day of landslide occurrence and the rainfall in the previous eight days) and the landslide shape variable was the strongest. (3) The expressions corresponding to the E-D, I-D and E-I rainfall threshold models are E=12.19D0.661, I=10.66D-0.255 and E=3.84I1.141, respectively. …”
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Impact of Preoperative Daytime Sleepiness and Insomnia on Therapy Adherence and Neurostimulation Amplitude in Unilateral Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation by Pordzik J, Ludwig K, Ruckes C, Gouveris H

“…Johannes Pordzik,1,* Katharina Ludwig,1,* Christian Ruckes,2 Haralampos Gouveris1 1Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery & Sleep Medicine Center, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, 55131, Germany; 2Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Trials, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, 55131, Germany*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Haralampos Gouveris, Email [email protected]: Average adherence to hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) therapy is more than 5 h/night. …”
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Silica Nanoparticles Loaded With Selenium Quantum Dots Reduce Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Alleviating Ferroptosis and Mitochondrial Dysfunction by Li T, Yang B, Liu X, Shi D, Wang Z, Chen Y, Shen C

“…Taixi Li,1,* Boshen Yang,1,* Xijian Liu,2 Dongmei Shi,1 Zhixiang Wang,1 Yizhi Chen,1 Chengxing Shen1 1Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200233, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Frontiers Science Research Center for Druggability of Cardiovascular Noncoding RNA, Shanghai Engineering Technology Research Center for Pharmaceutical Intelligent Equipment, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, 201620, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Chengxing Shen, Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200233, People’s Republic of China, Email [email protected]: Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury, a significant challenge in cardiovascular treatment, is primarily driven by ferroptosis and mitochondrial dysfunction. …”
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Dynamic Impact of the Sleep Disorder, Depression and Anxiety on the Cognitive Function in the First-Episode Depressive Patients by Zhang W, Zhou N, Li J

“…Wenqiong Zhang,1,* Nan Zhou,1,* Jie Li2 1Department of Mood Disorders, Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin City, 300222, People’s Republic of China; 2The Dean’s Office, Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin City, 300222, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Jie Li, The Dean’s Office, Tianjin Anding Hospital, No. 13, Liulin Road, Hexi District, Tianjin City, 300222, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-022-88188326, Email [email protected]: Sleep disorder is closely related to depressive and anxious status as well as cognitive symptoms.Materials and Methods: A total of 173 cases with the first-episode major depressive disorder (MDD) were involved in this study. …”
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Ketahanan dan Kualitas Visual Watermarked Image Menggunakan Integer Wavelet Transform (IWT) dan Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) by Bambang Harjito, Eka Tri Kustanti

“…The results obtained that Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR)  values are close to 1 and Normalized Correlation Coefficient (NCC)  equal to 0.71337. shows the IWT and CRT methods are able to produce watermarked images with good visual quality or imperceptibility and are able to provide image resistance to several attacks such as gaussian, salt & pepper and JPEG2000 compression but are not resistant to rotation and contrast attacks because the NCC value is below 0.5 …”
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Cyanidin and Cyanidin-3-Glucoside Alleviate Peptic Ulcer Disease: Insights from in vitro, and in vivo Studies by Prayoga DK, Aulifa DL, Budiman A, Levita J, Jiranusornkul S

“…Deshanda Kurniawan Prayoga,1,* Diah Lia Aulifa,2,* Arif Budiman,3,* Jutti Levita,4,* Supat Jiranusornkul5,* 1Doctoral Program in Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Padjadjaran University, Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia; 2Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Padjadjaran University, Sumedang, Indonesia; 3Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Padjadjaran University, Sumedang, Indonesia; 4Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Padjadjaran University, Sumedang, Indonesia; 5Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Jutti Levita, Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Padjadjaran University, Sumedang, West Java, 46363, Indonesia, Tel +6222 84288888 Ext 3510, Email [email protected]: Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) remains a significant global health issue, affecting millions despite a decrease in overall prevalence. …”
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Potentials of transanal endoscopic surgery at early rectal cancer by Yu. A. Shelygin, S. V. Chernyshov, L. P. Orlova, E. G. Rybakov

“…Male to female ratio among investigated patients was equal (7/7). Mean tumor size was 2,6±0,8 cm (1,0–4,0 cm). …”
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Genomic analysis and replication kinetics of the closely related EHV-1 neuropathogenic 21P40 and abortigenic 97P70 strains by Eslam Mohamed, Ines Zarak, Nick Vereecke, Sebastiaan Theuns, Kathlyn Laval, Hans Nauwynck

“…Both strains replicated equally well in RK-13 cells. The neuropathogenic isolate 21P40 exhibited a more extensive infection in respiratory explants and blood monocytes, as demonstrated by more plaques and single infected leukocytes, and a higher percentage of infected monocytes. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Medical Students of Sulaimani Regarding Modern Lifestyle and Its Effect on Health by Bushra M. Ali, Saman Mohammed, Shajwan Akram, Saya Salar, Lezan Baxtiar, Lawen Ismail, Shad Nawzad

“…Chi square was used to get the association P value equal and less than (0.05) regarded statistically significant. …”
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The impact of the ursodeoxycholic acid as monotherapy and in the combination with the lactulose on the biochemical blood tests values of the nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients by I. V. Mayev, Yu. A. Kucheryavyy, S. V. Morozov, M. G. Saidullayeva, M. L. Akhtayeva, N. Yu. Stukova, E. A. Krasnyakova

“…The patients were separated into 2 equal groups. The 1st group was administered Ursoliv®, and the 2nd group – Ursosan®. …”
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The Contributions of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park Towards Economic Development of Kisoro District: A Case Study of Gisozi Parish. by Munyambabazi, Danny

“…Wildlife conservation and economic development have remained a statement for tourism and biodiversity conservation to ensure natural capacity equality in Uganda. There was a need to carry out a study to establish why a phenomenon is in place and what should be done to mitigate the problem. …”
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The Role of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) on the Socio¬economic Transformation of Rural Areas in Nyarusiza Sub-County Kisoro District. by Izabayo, Joan

“…The research used simple random sampling techniques in collecting and analyzing data, which were used to provide equal chances for the sample size. Purposive sampling was also used to collect data from respondents who participated in the study. …”
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Assessing the Role of MBIFCT as a Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) in Socio-Economic Transformation of Rural Areas in Gitenderi Parish Nyarusiza Sub-County Kisoro District. by Kwebiha, Alex

“…The research used simple random sampling techniques in collecting and analyzing data and was used to provide equal chances to the sample size of 80 respondents. …”
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The Effect of Internal Control System on the Financial Performance of SACCOS in Rukiga District: A Case study of Rukiga SACCO in Rukiga District. by Katwesigye, Joshua

“…Management should ensure that there are adequate organizational controls and that each staff knows his duties and equally ensures effective segregation of duties. The internal control system should be remolded and strengthened to position the staff in carrying out their duties efficiently and effectively and at the same time evaluated periodically to strengthen its weaknesses in the organization.…”
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Assessing The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Domestic Violence in Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Ruhinda, Irene George

“…Women urgently need better child-care alternatives and a wider range of income-generation and employment opportunities from which they may obtain incomes equal to those of men.…”
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Impact of Maziba Church of Uganda on Family Stability in Maziba Sub-County Kabale District. by Akancungura, Albert

“…The research used simple random sampling techniques in collecting and analyzing data and was used to provide equal chances to the sample size of 80 respondents. …”
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